Study law at Taltech in Estonia - one of the world’s most digitised nations - and prosper as a highly qualified lawyer providing profound legal advice regarding the challenges of today’s technology driven society in business, ICT, intellectual property or cybersecurity.
- The Programme gives you a thorough understanding of the connections between law, business and technology. You will learn to discuss the issues of the EU digital market, regulating artificial intelligence and cyber security.
- After graduating from business law specialisation, you can work as a business lawyer or an in-house counsel who helps companies to design and build organizations that are prepared for the future, or as a public official dealing with the digital market.
- After graduating from law and technology specialisation, you will be able to master the legal challenges of a rapidly changing and increasingly technologically sophisticated society.
- Learning in a multi-cultural environment is guided by high-qualified academics with PhDs and experienced professionals from all around the world.
Our law programme enables you to specialise either in business law or law and technology. Business law covers the main areas of law related to business and the economy with a focus on digital market issues and regulations such as Fintech, Global Trade and Transnational Law, Online Commercial Law, Competition Law and Labour Law.
The Law and Technology specialisation covers the key areas of law related to artificial intelligence, data protection, cyber security and intellectual property. This specialisation will enable graduates to navigate the legal framework surrounding new technologies in their careers.
The Programme includes two specialities:
- Law and Technology – provides you profound knowledge and skills in regulating and applying the norms related to different fields of technology such as intellectual property, cyber security and artificial intelligence.
- Business Law – enables you to become an expert in regulating and applying the law related to digital business and finance.
Law and Technology (120 ECT)
- General Courses (18 ECT credits) - covers compulsory courses such as Human Rights, Ethics and Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Law, Entrepreneurship and Business Planning.
- Legal Theory, EU and International Law (24 ECT) – covers compulsory courses such as Legal Research Methodology, Selected Actual Topics from European Union Personal Data Protection Law, Case Studies of EU Internal Market and Competition Law, Technology Law.
- Special Studies Compulsory Courses (18 ECT) – covers courses such as Cyber Security and Law, Legal Protection of Information Technology Products, Software and Database, Digital Intellectual Property and Law.
- Internship (6 ECT) – can be either a legal internship or participation in moot court competition or taking the Team-work Project course.
- Special studies optional courses (18 ECT) – covers courses such as Legal Framework of e-Governance, Estonian Language and Culture, Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Medical Law, Rights, Obligations and Liability of Actors on the Internet, Biotechnology and Intellectual Property, Legal Aspects of Cyber Investigations.
- Free choice courses (6 ECT) – students can choose from a wide variety of courses offered at the university.
- Graduation thesis (30 ECT) – individual legal research on a topic chosen by the student.
Business law (120 ECT)
- General Courses (18 ECT credits) - covers compulsory courses such as Human Rights, Ethics and Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Law, Entrepreneurship and Business Planning.
- Legal Theory, EU and International Law (24 ECT) – covers compulsory courses such as Legal Research Methodology, selected actual topics from European Union Personal Data Protection Law, case studies of EU Internal Market and Competition Law, Technology Law.
- Special Studies Compulsory Courses (18 ECT) – covers courses such as Global Trade and Transnational Law, Online Commercial Law, Legal Aspects of Fintech.
- Internship (6 ECT) – can be either a legal internship or participation in a moot court competition or taking the Team-work Project course.
- Special Studies Optional Courses (18 ECT) – covers courses such as Cyber Security and Law, Estonian Language and Culture, International Business, Development Trends in Business Environment, Procurement Law, Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Case Studies of International Tax Law, International Labour Law.
- Free choice courses (6 ECT) – students can choose from a wide variety of courses offered at the university.
- Graduation thesis (30 ECT) – individual legal research on the topic chosen by a student.
